Dylan McGrath, EETimes, Jan. 19, 2017 –
SAN FRANCISCO-The future of SUNY Polytechnic Institute's support of key semiconductor industry R&D in upstate New York has come into question following the resignation and arrest of the university's CEO last fall and the disintegration of two high-profile projects.
Last month, AMS, a developer of analog/mixed-signal ICs and sensors, withdrew from a $2 billion fab project in upstate New York. That fab was to be built with and leased from the state of New York, with SUNY Polytechnic-short for State University of New York Polytechnic Institute-slated to work with AMS to build, staff and operate the facility.
Earlier this month, a SUNY Polytechnic faculty member confirmed that a $500 million R&D project with Globalfoundries Inc. to accelerate the introduction of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, "never really got off the ground."